CVE-2022-42470

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.35% (28th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A relative path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient (Windows) 7.0.0 - 7.0.7, 6.4.0 - 6.4.9, 6.2.0 - 6.2.9 and 6.0.0 - 6.0.10 allows an attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via sending a crafted request to a specific named pipe.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:Rsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@fortinet.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-23USCWE-23US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fortinet FortiClientWindows≤ 6.2.0 ≤6.2.9enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientWindows≤ 6.0.0 ≤6.0.10enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientWindows≤ 6.4.0 ≤6.4.10enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet FortiClientWindows≤ 7.0.0 ≤7.0.7enisa_euvdEU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient Windows6.0.0 → 6.0.10fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient Windows6.2.0 → 6.2.9fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient Windows6.4.0 → 6.4.9fstec_bduRU
Fortinet Inc. FortiClient Windows7.0.0 → 7.0.7fstec_bduRU
fortinet forticlient6.0.0 → 6.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet forticlient6.2.0 → 6.2.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet forticlient6.4.0 → 6.4.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet forticlient7.0.0 → 7.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0929Fortinet FortiClient Windows: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-04-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Fortinet FortiClient Windows ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren und seine Rechte zu erweitern.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-04-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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